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14 Apr 2014

Barrett Wilbert Weed and Ryan McCartan

Photo by Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Yellow Sound Label will record the original Off-Broadway cast album of the Laurence O'Keefe-Kevin Murphy pop musical Heathers, based on the 1988 cult comedy.

The album will be recorded April 15-16 in anticipation of a June 17 in-store release. A target date for the spring digital release has not been determined. The cast album of Heathers will be produced by Michael Croiter, Murphy and O'Keefe.

Tony Award-nominated Legally Blonde composer O'Keefe collaborated with Emmy-winning Reefer Madness author Murphy on book, music and lyrics for the musical. Andy Fickman ("Reefer Madness," "She's the Man") directs the production that opened March 31. Read the reviews here.

The musical arrived in New York following a sold-out 2013 Los Angeles premiere. Several cast members from that production returned for the Off-Broadway engagement, including Barrett Wilbert Weed (Lysistrata Jones, Bare) as Veronica, Ryan McCartan ("Liv and Maddie") as JD and Elle McLemore (Bring It On: The Musical, "Army Wives") as Heather McNamara.

Heathers has set design by Timothy R. Mackabee, costume design by Amy Clark, lighting design by Jason Lyons, sound design by Jonny Massena and music direction by Dominick Amendum. Choreography is by Marguerite Derricks.

Here's how it's billed: "September, 1989. Westerberg High is terrorized by a shoulder-padded, scrunchie-wearing junta: Heather, Heather and Heather, the hottest and cruelest girls in all of Ohio. But misfit Veronica Sawyer rejects their evil regime for a new boyfriend, the dark sexy stranger J.D., who plans to put the Heathers in their place - six feet under. Deliciously, darkly funny, romantic and moving, Heathers: The Musical is a truthful, uplifting parable for anyone who’s ever been in love, in trouble, or in high school."